Sunday, January 21, 2018

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 1/20/18

Last update: Sunday 1/21/18 @ 6:30 pm
This week's cover = Trump signs warrantless surveillance bill into law ... Other top stories = Apple will use new tax cuts to pay $38 billion tax, bring $250 billion cash back to U.S., invest $350 billion in development, create 20,000 new jobs, pay employees $2500 bonuses, build new U.S. campus... Twitter alerts users about Russian fake news during 2016 election ... 22 States' Attorneys General sue to block rollback of net neutrality

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 1/20/18


A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 20172016



Cover Story ... Trump signs warrantless surveillance bill +++++++++
  1. Update: Trump signs controversial warrantless surveillance bill ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wired, VentureBeat, Engadget, Reuters
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A. HBCUs ... Half-Dozen
  1. On January 25, MPB, & will host a preview screening of the documentary at the MS e-Center in Jackson. Join the Q&A session following the screening w/ filmmaker . Register now:
  1. Shaw University Receives $50,000 Grant For Innovation And Entrepreneurship Center ... https://t.co/MzcQFlmJXz
  1. Watch: 's latest short film examines how the Trump administration has used HBCUs to further its political and social agenda:
  1. A new Economic Impact Analysis has determined that returned almost $6 to the Delaware economy for every $1 that the state appropriated to in 2016. ... https://t.co/Df4N8aR7WH
  1. Happy Birthday to . Thank you for visiting our campus several times during the Obama administration & sharing the importance of your Reach Higher Initiative w/ our students!
  1. Supporters of Maryland HBCUs that Were Discriminated Against, Outline Their 2018 Plans.
B. Ed Tech  ... Half-Dozen
  1. See why this article from 2017 was 1 of our most read publications of the year!
  1. Report: Data-Savvy College Presidents 'Remain the Exception'
Competency-Based Education (CBE) ...
  1. OIG Report Findings Clarify Outdated Thinking Around CBE, Not Programmatic Flaws |
MOOCs, online, blended, flipped ...
  1. Is The Force With SPOCs? How Small, Private Online Courses Are Taking on MOOCs for Corporate Supremacy
  1. The big MOOC providers now have developed products and services that range in price from free to millions of dollars. I have identified six different tiers that MOOC providers monetize on. ... https://t.co/qSJ9QibBetAssign To
C. Info Tech  ... Dozen + 2
  1. Say hello to Jupiter’s south pole! The Juno spacecraft snapped this photo during its tenth orbit around the planet, all while speeding at over 100,000 miles per hour. More incredible space photos here: 📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Top Story #1 ... Apple will brings $$$ home +++++++++
  1. Apple plans to spend $30 billion in the U.S. over five years and create 20,000 new jobs ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, ZDnet, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, CNET, Ars Technica, TechRepublic
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  1. Here’s how the 20 contenders for Amazon HQ2 stack up ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Fast Company, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, GeekWire
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Climate change, emissions, solar, wind, nuclear, etc ...
  1. Global warming is real, according to NASA, which actually knows this stuff ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by The Verge
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FinTech, block chain, bitcoin ...
  1. Bitcoin storms back from its dip below $10,000 ... DLL Editor's note -- Bitcoin's peaks and pits also covered by MIT Tech Review, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Fast Company, Mashable
  1. U.S. Treasury sees virtual currencies as "evolving threat," undersecretary says
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Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...
  1. An algorithm used by many courts to predict a defendant's risk of committing another crime is no more accurate than random people on the internet, reports ... via ... https://t.co/d8Hy4BddzB ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by The Economist
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Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...

Top Story #2 ... Twitter's  Russian fake news +++++++++
  1. Twitter alerts nearly 680,000 users they may have been duped by Russian accounts ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Recode, ZDNet, Engadget, Bloomberg, CNET, Mashable
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  1. Pentagon Suggests Countering Devastating Cyberattacks With Nuclear Arms... via ... https://t.co/9J2jCSEnCL
  1. Facebook Is investigating possible Russia meddling in Brexit vote ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Business insider, The Verge, VentureBeat
  1. Cures for Intel's pervasive chip flaws aren’t working, and hacks may soon be incoming. ... https://t.co/mBCN2ImJmd
Political context ...
Top Story  #3... 22 Attorneys general sue +++++++++
  1. 22 attorneys general sue to block net neutrality rollback ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Washington Post, GeekWire, Motherboard, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CNET
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  1. Los Angeles Women's March draws 600k in protest of Trump ... DLL Editor's note -- A few of the many post about the march came from LA Times, NPR, NY Times
  1.   Retweeted
    “This shutdown is going to get a lot worse tomorrow. A lot worse,” Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. “Today would be a good day to end it.”
D. Hackers  ... Half-Dozen + 2
  1. ICYMI: 2017 was a huge year for CodeNow. Read about it here - ... https://t.co/bhnia6siIk
  1. Coding has started with students in our Coding 101 evening training . We’re also having our parents workshop taking place tonight.
Diversity In Tech ... stats & strategies
  1. Women of Color continue to shatter the glass ceiling in technology! This is a beautifully written post highlighting some of the amazing women in tech who are working hard to shatter stereotypes and show their worth!
Coding, courses, tutorials, & jobs
  1. Google and Coursera take on the IT professional shortage in the U.S. ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, Fortune, TechRepublic
  1. Coding bootcamp, Thinkful, raises $9.6M, even though a few of the most established coding bootcamps shut down last year.
  1. Here are some of the places with the most jobs in the US! For anyone looking for jobs in the tech space, check out this article to see where the jobs are! ... https://t.co/fpJQ2gbDCc
  1. . just made it a lot easier for you to try your hand at developing your very own AI—before the machines take over completely, that is. ... https://t.co/EmCS38TSKs
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Hackathons, workshops, meetups, etc
  1. If you don't know, now you know. is an immersive week long series of events that brings together the most innovative minds, creative influencers and thought leaders of color. Get Your Tickets:
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E. Views -- Comments and Opinions  ... Half-Dozen - 1
  1. "New nuclear states, with small, vulnerable arsenals, can have itchy trigger fingers." ... https://t.co/VmOO1HGbUH
  1. Executives and managers - these are the technologies that will shape your business in 2018 ... https://t.co/XBWrkpHcMA

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Long form ... good reads ... :-)
  1. As a candidate, Trump scarcely mentioned the word "tech." And now just a year in, the Trump administration has shaped policy in ways that will radically alter the country's long-term ability to innovate ... https://t.co/hHgNZVzzFg
  1. Startup Republic: How France reinvented itself for the 21st century by wooing entrepreneurs to Paris
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F. Chuckles, Shame, and/or Fake News  ... Dozen + 7
  1. SNL revisits Trump’s cognitive test results and asks, ‘How broke that brain?’ ... https://t.co/IugICKZFHc
  1. Social media mocks Trump for photo of him working during shutdown
  1. After a Wild Week for Trump, ‘S.N.L.’ Asks, ‘What Even Matters Anymore?’ ... https://t.co/XRZSlkFv36
  1. Trump didn't approve his admin's list of immigration demands, was shocked by its contents: report
  1. Huckabee Sanders Repeatedly Insists That President’s Footprints Created The Great Lakes
  1. Take the mental test that Trump just got a 30/30 on ... https://t.co/yhlNAATgSu
  1. Follow-Up Tests Confirm President Trump’s 19 Other Personalities Also Perfectly Healthy
  1. Donald Trump's Fake News Awards website looks like shit, immediately crashed
  1. On This Day In History: Trump Honors Sacrifices Civil Rights Activists Will Have To Make Under His Presidency
  2. Trump Vehemently Denies Using Word 'People' To Describe African Immigrants
  3. New Report Finds Adult Film Star May Have Paid Over $130,000 To Cover Up Sexual Encounter with Trump
  1. Trump Fears Next Election Will Be Decided by Americans ... Borowitz via ... https://t.co/Emimh3Eewq

@POTUS45 in his own words ... until #2020 or #25 ... 

  1. I promised that my policies would allow companies like Apple to bring massive amounts of money back to the United States. Great to see Apple follow through as a result of TAX CUTS. Huge win for American workers and the USA! ... https://t.co/OwXVUyLOb1
  1. The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it. Parts will be, of necessity, see through and it was never intended to be built in areas where there is natural protection such as mountains, wastelands or tough rivers or water.....
  1. ....The Wall will be paid for, directly or indirectly, or through longer term reimbursement, by Mexico, which has a ridiculous $71 billion dollar trade surplus with the U.S. The $20 billion dollar Wall is “peanuts” compared to what Mexico makes from the U.S. NAFTA is a bad joke!
  1. This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present.
  1. Beautiful weather all over our great country, a perfect day for all Women to March. Get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. Lowest female unemployment in 18 years!
  1. Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting for our Military and Safety at the Border. The Dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked. If stalemate continues, Republicans should go to 51% (Nuclear Option) and vote on real, long term budget, no C.R.’s!

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